I just got an e-mail to vote on-line for our Polk Burnett Coop Board of Directors representative.

If you are upset about paying $38 / month for a base charge when NW Electric charges $8 / month for exactly the same service, please write in Les Novak on the on-line ballot.

Unfortunately, the Polk Burnett bylaws prohibit members from running for the board who are not full time residents in WI, so the 40% of the membership who are seasonal cabin owners have no representation on the board. This is the root cause of why the rate structure is so heavily biased against cabin owners.